Question

Hello I have this code so far to find the less amount of change for a given amount but i keep getting a static error message. And I dont know why.

 import java.util.Scanner;

 public class Coin{
  public static void main (String[] Args){
  Scanner sc = new Scanner (System.in);
  System.out.print("Enter a number");
  int i = sc.nextInt();
  int q = 25;
  int d = 10;
  int n = 5;
  int p = 1;
  int quarters = (i/q);
  int dimes = i - quarters*25/d;
  int nickels = i - (quarters*25) - (dimes*10)/n;
  int pennies = i - (quarters*25) - (dimes*10) - (nickels*5)/p;
  System.out.println ("Your amount contain the following");
  System.out.println ("quarters:   " + quarters);
  System.out.println ("dimes:    " + dimes);
  System.out.println ("nickels:    " + nickels);
  System.out.println ("pennies:    " + pennies);

}}

Answer 1

based on your comment, you are using the nextInt() method of the Scanner class, which will only get an integer. If you type in a floating point number (like 3.54) it will throw an exception. You need to instead use nextFloat() and change the variable i to a float.